Vol. 60 No. 6 (2005):
Articles

Silver fir and beech of the Serre Vibonesi, expression of the continuous fight between two of the main species of the apennine silviculture

Manuela Plutino
Dottoranda di ricerca, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente Forestale e sue Risorse, Università della Tuscia, Via S.Camillo de Lellis, Viterbo
Piermaria Corona
Professore ordinario, Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Ambiente Forestale e sue Risorse, Università della Tuscia, Via S. Camillo de Lellis, Viterbo
Giuliano Menguzzato
Professore ordinario, Dipartimento di Agrochimica e Agrobiologia, Università degli Studi Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Piazza San Francesco di Sales, 7, 89061 Gallina di Reggio Calabria;

Published 2005-12-30

Keywords

  • systemic silviculture,
  • Calabria Region,
  • Abies alba L.,
  • Fagus sylvatica L.

Abstract

Abies alba L. and Fagus sylvatica L. find favourable ecological conditions in the forests of the Serre Vibonesi (Calabria, Southern Italy) forming very particular mixed forest stands. This note aims to underline the importance of such formations in which the silver fir finds its optimum, suggesting the management options to preserve and foster them, in their authenticity, not altering the establishing dynamic equilibrium.